Fat Shat Sings posted:

So yeah they just broke down and are monetizing long term insurance. Spergs will want some "Just in Case" and want multiple copies just to cover their armada of poor decisions they've already bought. Some will justify it as "Well I missed LTI on this $900 autism chariot, so $35 is perfectly reasonable to cover it forever!" x 100,000

Since this is the first time they've done it (for so cheap) the Drake sale will be like $4,000,000 and the furnaces will spring back to life, filled again with more bricks of cash.

Fat Shat Sings posted:

So yeah they just broke down and are monetizing long term insurance. Spergs will want some "Just in Case" and want multiple copies just to cover their armada of poor decisions they've already bought. Some will justify it as "Well I missed LTI on this $900 autism chariot, so $35 is perfectly reasonable to cover it forever!" x 100,000

Since this is the first time they've done it (for so cheap) the Drake sale will be like $4,000,000 and the furnaces will spring back to life, filled again with more bricks of cash.

Colostomy Bag posted:

I think the p-72 or whatever was another cheapie with LTI. People loaded up on those like a six pack of beer.

redwalrus posted:

redwalrus posted:

AP posted:

They've done it before, this is the cheapest though $35, the reliant or something was $50 and had LTI. Sale is going to be interesting, I thought they'd make 2-3 million on the reliant but it was far lower. Even Citizens get wise to the same scam after a while but LTI appeal has so far lasted since 2012.


Actually you might be right, I sorta stopped being so OCD about the ships when it hit 100+.

AP posted:

When they say token they really mean ship/bike whatever. CIG lets you change a ship into another ship (most of them don't exist in any form anyway so why not?) if you give them more money. If the jpg has LTI then the upgraded thing has LTI too. This is because LTI is incredibly rare and they promise to stop selling it in November 2013.

LTI is worthless remember, but CIG found sales didn't work without it pretty quickly.



Notice the source URL.

Thoatse posted:

1. You buy one or more of these 'cheap' ships when they're released as a concept and comes with lti as pledgebait.

2. Melt it for store credit and put it towards another chariot you want but missed the lti opportunities for, since it will carry over to the new ship

3. ????

4. Profit!

Danakir posted:

What was their excuse to keep selling LTI after nov 2013? Or did they not even bother with any excuses?

Danakir posted:

What was their excuse to keep selling LTI after nov 2013? Or did they not even bother with any excuses?

redwalrus posted:

Fat Shat Sings posted:

So yeah they just broke down and are monetizing long term insurance. Spergs will want some "Just in Case" and want multiple copies just to cover their armada of poor decisions they've already bought. Some will justify it as "Well I missed LTI on this $900 autism chariot, so $35 is perfectly reasonable to cover it forever!" x 100,000

Since this is the first time they've done it (for so cheap) the Drake sale will be like $4,000,000 and the furnaces will spring back to life, filled again with more bricks of cash.

Fat Shat Sings posted:

So yeah they just broke down and are monetizing long term insurance. Spergs will want some "Just in Case" and want multiple copies just to cover their armada of poor decisions they've already bought. Some will justify it as "Well I missed LTI on this $900 autism chariot, so $35 is perfectly reasonable to cover it forever!" x 100,000

Since this is the first time they've done it (for so cheap) the Drake sale will be like $4,000,000 and the furnaces will spring back to life, filled again with more bricks of cash.

Wafflz posted:

So they can't just buy this ship and melt and stick the insurance on a ship they already have in their hangar, they have to buy a new ship with the store credit from this one?

Wafflz posted:

So they can't just buy this ship and melt and stick the insurance on a ship they already have in their hangar, they have to buy a new ship with the store credit from this one?

redwalrus posted:

Wafflz posted:

So they can't just buy this ship and melt and stick the insurance on a ship they already have in their hangar, they have to buy a new ship with the store credit from this one?

Beet Wagon posted:

No, you buy what's called a "cross-chassis upgrade."


So say for example you wanted a Starfarer but missed out on the LTI.

You buy one of these, then when it gets put in the hangar/made flyable you can go into a special tab on CIG's website and upgrade it to the ship you want by paying the difference, thereby keeping your LTI

G0RF posted:

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

I just cancelled my subscription posted:

Hi citizens

I am a long time backer (November 2013), subscriber since february 2015 and almost 800€ in the game but today I cancelled my subscription. I have a feeling that the game is on a good track and based on Sean Tracy's reaction regarding PG and based on what last summer's leaks have shown I'm pretty sure that we don't even see the tip of the iceberg and this is exactly my concern. We don't even see the tip of the iceberg.

I have difficulties to understand why CIG draws the line where it is drawn now between showing stuff and hidding stuff. I have been a subscriber for almost a year and a half and yet the best jump point that I ever had the chance to read was the very first one: the one showing how they designed/built/tuned Area 18 on ArcCorp. Because it was a place and not a ship.

I understand that Star Citizen needs plenty of different kind of ships if we want to feel that it is a breathing and living universe. I understand that even after release they will keep adding new ships or revamped ships and that it's the reason why they keep working on concept ships and releasing new ones because it's a machine that is being started that will keep producing ships until the end of time. I understand that we need several ships per role your character will be able to take. But where are the places? Where is Nyx? We saw a preview of it like 10 months ago. Where is Gold Horizon? I don't care about Star Marine module but CIG said the map/station is ready. Why does CIG keep hidding it from us? Where is Shubin Interstellar mining station? I don't care if these places are unfinished.

I pledged years ago knowing that it would probably take 4 to 5 more years before being able to play the released version. But I subscribed so that CIG could share this kind of work. I don't care anymore about IFCS v17.4, about the next concept ship nor about the 4th revamp of the Hornet. I understand that we need all them but ships serve nothing if you have no place to come from and to fly to.

It's been two months now that I've barely looked at ATV/bugsmashers/10FTx because they all look the same now (except when there's some Sean Tracy or Brian Chambers in it) and this is not what I subscribed for. I subscribed for them to share NEW things, which clearly isn't the case right now. I'm not tired of Star Citizen, I still play a lot of the baby PU, but I'm getting tired of the kind of (non) content shared by CIG with the community and I just had to share this with you guys.

Anyway, I'm ready for the downvote storm, but I still love you guys.

Beet Wagon posted:

No, you buy what's called a "cross-chassis upgrade."


So say for example you wanted a Starfarer but missed out on the LTI.

You buy one of these, then when it gets put in the hangar/made flyable you can go into a special tab on CIG's website and upgrade it to the ship you want by paying the difference, thereby keeping your LTI

Maw posted:

What does lti do?

Atreiden posted:

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only square boobs

Maw posted:

What does lti do?

Danakir posted:

Is there any reason for the process to be this obfuscated and needlessly byzantine aside from trying to conceal how scummy and predatory the whole thing is? Cause I can't come up with anything.

Maw posted:

What does lti do?